The voting began at 8 am in 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat on Thursday and will continue till 5 pm. The voter turnout was 34.65 per cent till 1 pm.
The polling for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly election is underway amid tight security arrangements. The polling is taking place in 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat.
There has been a race among the political parties including Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and Aasm Aadmi Party for making poll promises as the fate of the political parties will be decided by over 2 crore voters today with 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts of Kutch, Saurasht
Karnataka will be looking qualify for the final and tie with Tamil Nadu as the most successful team in the tournament's history with five titles. Saurashtra will be aiming to cross the last two hurdles to clinching their first-ever title since 2007-08.
President of Porbandar Voting Association Mukesh Panjri said, "Fishing is the main business of the people of the Kharwa community in Porbandar and plays an important role during the elections. The community has a stronghold of 10 to 12 seats like Porbandar, Mangalore, Jaffrabad, Mangalore
The caste factor has always dominated in the Gir Somnath district of Gujarat or in Saurashtra, which is one of the reasons why Congress is believed to have registered a win in all four constituencies here in the 2017 Assembly elections. The BJP has given tickets to candidates on a caste basi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is in poll-bound Gujarat this weekend is expected to participate in at least eight programmes crisscrossing the state from Saurashtra to Surat.